U.S. Voices Against the Blockade Series
Renee, a surgeon from Philadelphia, says Cuba’s healthcare system is under severe strain from shortages, limited resources, and blackouts. “People are not being saved. People are being harmed.”
Imani Bashir, a Black American activist from D.C. while visiting Cuba: “I'm a Black American, and in the Black radical tradition, we have celebrated the Cuban people.”
Justine Medina, a Cuban-American activist, says the U.S. embargo has only made life harder in Cuba: food shortages, medicine scarcity and blackouts. “This war has lasted 66 years. It only makes people suffer.”
Victor Coronado, a U.S. activist with the Hands Off Cuba Committee, visited Cuba and says the reality he saw on the island is completely different than the distorted image portrayed in the United States.
Episode 5: Daylín Marrero
In our latest episode of U.S. Voices Against the Blockade, Daylín Marrero reflects on leaving Cuba at eight years old, returning years later and why the U.S. blockade drove her family's decision to emigrate.